Part of the SymDump for CICS installation is to define a SYSMDUMP DD statement and add it to the CICS startup JCL.If SymDump for CICS abends during dump capture time an SVC dump is created for the abend and is used for diagnostic purposes. Some installations would like to avoid the overhead associated with producing a SYSMDUMP especially in the production environment. Is an option available to turn the SYSMDUMP creation off without removing the SYSMDUMP from the CICS startup JCL?
The default for the SYMDSVCD option is YES. If you set SYMDSVCD to NO the SVC diagnostic dump will not be produced if Symdump for CICS abends at dump capture time.